Daniel Wood Gatton Jr. was born in Washington, D.C., in 1945. The son of a rhythm guitarist, Gatton started playing at the age of nine.

Dec 11, 2019 · The unknown great, the man in the mask, was a rockabilly guitar player from Washington DC named Danny Gatton. Middle-aged, out of shape, with a 50s quiff, Gatton was an unlikely cover …

Danny Gatton has often been called “The World’s Greatest Unknown Guitarist” because he never got the recognition he deserved in his short life. We have completed a feature documentary about the …

Blues, jazz, country, rockabilly – Danny Gatton mixed all these together, sometimes in the space of a single bar. This is the story of one of the greatest electric guitarists of all time, and a man who …

Danny Gatton (September 4, 1945 – October 4, 1994) was an American virtuoso guitarist celebrated for his extraordinary technical skill and genre-blending style that fused blues, rockabilly, jazz, country, …

The music world lost one of its most talented, yet chronically underexposed members when Danny Gatton died of a self-inflicted gun blast on October 4, 1995.

The music world lost one of its most talented, yet chronically underexposed members when Danny Gatton died of a self-inflicted gun blast on October 4, 1995.

In a music business long buffered against surprise, the late guitarist swam stubbornly upstream, roaming nightly across the musical spectrum – from country, to gospel, rockabilly, soul, and standards.

Dec 28, 2025 · Play a guitar? With a towel?! Danny Gatton could do that and so much more, and his talent remains underrated today.

Danny Gatton was an American guitarist known for his unique playing style, blending rhythms of rockabilly, jazz, and country. His name ranks 63rd on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the "100 …